A Michael Broad Blog
Years ago, I wrote some articles about some cats with vitiligo. They look extraordinary as I think you’ll agree. The condition almost makes the cats appear to be a very exotic selectively bred cat breed but no. It is an autoimmune skin condition affecting humans, cats and other animals including dogs. The infographic below …
This is a Phantom of the Opera cat. His name is, appropriately, ‘Ashfur’. This is a name from the Warrior Cats series. In the series Ashfur is a muscular pale, grey, tomcat with darker flecks and dark blue eyes. You can see where he got his name from. His owner is Erin in California. …
Here are a couple of contrasting examples of feline vitiligo which is a form of leukoderma (white patches in the fur). We see these cats quite a lot nowadays thanks to the explosion of the internet and social media. ‘Leukoderma’ means white skin. Sarah Hartwell, an expert on these conditions and feline genetics tells …
